Sentences with phrase «during brain surgery»

A study involving CAA patients suggested that amyloid proteins may be transmitted through infected medical tools during brain surgery.

Called craniotomy, this skull - cutting technique is still used today during brain surgery to treat neurological diseases, injuries, tumors, and blood clots.

Produced by a technique called fiber tractography, the image helped doctors at Sherbrooke University Hospital Center in Quebec avoid cutting vital circuitry during brain surgery: The reddest nerve fibers were those most likely to be severed by incisions to remove the tumor.

«New brain mapping tool produces higher resolution data during brain surgery.»

Shonda Rhimes makes silly melodramas full of overly emotional speeches and silly personal discussions during brain surgeries.

Not exact matches

In January 2013, The Hartford announced that McGee had surgery for the removal of a brain tumor found during a routine checkup, and that he was cancer - free.

If, during surgery, an incision was made around your areola, especially on the lower, outer side, these signals to your brain may not happen, and milk production will be low.

Republicans with exploratory committees include Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, whose $ 33,790 in the third quarter brought his total to $ 195,941 (Boughton underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor during the quarter); State Sen. Toni Boucher of Wilton ($ 43,336 third quarter, $ 58,890 total) and Norwalk's Steve Obsitnik, who raised $ 63,696 in the third quarter and $ 265,363 to date.

The device is an improved version of a clinical tool called an electrode grid, which is a plastic or silicone - based grid of electrodes that is placed directly on the surface of the brain during surgery to monitor the activity of large groups of neurons.

To identify genetic risk factors for SUDEP, the authors analyzed brain tissue that had been removed during epilepsy surgery from 8 people who later experienced SUDEP and from seven living people with similar histories.

Researchers have developed a new device to map the brain during surgery and distinguish between healthy and diseased tissues.

During certain types of brain surgery, neural tissue must be removed, either because it is tumorous or because it gives rise to epileptic seizures.

During his residency, he saw the damage done to the brain by the instruments of surgery.

In its current form, Green envisions that the nanoparticles would be administered locally in the brain during the surgery that is commonly used to treat glioma.

Anesthetics activate memory - loss receptors in the brain, ensuring that patients don't remember traumatic events during surgery.

Della Sala speculates that MX suffered some sort of brain injury during his surgery (he won't speculate as to whether it was a blood clot or something else).

«We looked at the effects of propofol — one of the most common general anaesthetic drugs used during surgery — on synaptic release,» the UQ Queensland Brain Institute scientist said.

The patients agreed to undergo several minutes of deep brain stimulation to these regions during surgery as the electrode was being implanted.

In this case, Raman was used to examine brain tissue outside the body, but it could even be used «in vivo» for detecting specific areas during surgery.

For the new analysis, his team spent 5 years collecting brain tissue from 59 people who had died or had such tissue removed during surgery for epilepsy at different ages, ranging from before birth to 77 years of age.

The researchers looked closely at trends in cerebral blood circulation (perfusion) and cold temperature strategies used to protect the heart and brain during surgery.

If Zika were used in people, it would have to be injected into the brain, most likely during surgery to remove the primary tumor.

During a three - hour surgery on April 22, Rezai implanted a chip smaller than a pea onto the motor cortex of Burkhart's brain.

Such studies don't absolve general anesthetics, and researchers are investigating other potential POCD culprits, such as reduced blood flow to the brain during surgery.

If surgery sets the brain afire, leading to POCD or delirium, can we douse it by giving patients anti-inflammatories during or after an operation?

It is often difficult for surgeons to see whether the entire tumor has been removed during surgery to remove complex brain or spinal cord tumors.

We obtained cortical tissue that was removed during the course of brain surgery to treat patients for vascular malformations of pharmacoresistant epilepsy.

They tagged it with a molecule that acts like a flashlight, causing brain tumors to «light up» during surgery so the margins can be seen more easily.

Our pediatric neurosurgeons use innovative intraoperative MRI technology to provide a detailed view of brain and spinal cord tumors during surgery.

Interesting to see in one months strong pieces supporting lifestyle for cardio risk, «CAM» during treatment for brain surgery, and «CAM» for MS.. Also a number of announcements of new IM centers or clinics in health systems.

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People sprayed with water, man is leashed, man is bound, clubbed and netted, man threatened with prospect of having experimental brain surgery performed, ape knocked unconscious during kidnapping, weapons distributed, gun fight results in ape being shot and killed, another held hostage, rebellious teen expresses lack of trust for elders.

During the course of my teaching tenure, I came to some conclusions about my beleaguered profession (more careworn as the years progressed), including that learning to use language could not be entirely unlike learning to dance, repair computers, or do brain surgery.

Purpose: This clinical trial is being done to investigate whether small particles called nanoporhphyrins can be used to better visualize tumors during surgery and potentially to see if they will be a useful method to deliver drugs into brain tumors for treatment.

An investigation revealed that the man went without oxygen for almost ten minutes during the surgery, leaving him with severe brain damage.

During the course of his career, Mr. Rodriguez has successfully represented children who have suffered brain damage from obstetrical malpractice and blindness from neonatal malpractice, and patients who have been injured due to other forms of hospital, physician and nursing errors, including the failure to timely diagnose breast, prostate, rectal, colon, and lung cancer, the performance of unnecessary surgeries, and surgical mistakes.

During the course of her career, she has successfully represented children who have suffered brain damage from obstetrical malpractice, and patients who have been injured due to other forms of hospital, physician and nursing errors, including the failure to timely diagnose breast, prostate colon, and bone cancer (Ewing's Sarcoma), the performance of unnecessary surgeries, and surgical mistakes.

Katherine, who suffered brain damage during surgery, believes it is still 1996 and sometimes tries to wander off to look for her three small children, who are now grown up.

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